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New Pronouncements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
New Pronouncements [Abstract] 
New Pronouncements
NOTE 11. New Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an update to Topic 820—Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures of the Accounting Standards Codification. This update provides guidance on how fair value accounting should be applied where its use is already required or permitted by other standards. The guidance does not extend the use of fair value accounting. We will adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2012 as required and do not expect the adoption to have a significant impact to its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued an update to Topic 220—Comprehensive Income of the Accounting Standards Codification. The update is intended to increase the prominence of other comprehensive income in the financial statements. The guidance requires that we present components of comprehensive income in either one continuous or two separate, but consecutive financial statements and no longer permits the presentation of comprehensive income in the Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity. We expect to adopt this new guidance effective January 1, 2012, as required and do not expect the adoption to have a significant impact to our consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued an update to Topic 350 – Intangibles – Goodwill and Other of the Accounting Standards Codification. The objective of this update is to simplify how entities, both public and nonpublic test goodwill for impairment. The amendments in the update permit an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described in Topic 350. The more-likely-than-not threshold is defined as having a likelihood of more than 50 percent. We are still evaluating if we will early adopt this guidance or adopt it effective January 1, 2012 as required, and do not expect the adoption to have a significant impact to our consolidated financial statements.